RED Atlas of Racism, Discrimination & Equality
Related Library Items
- Discrimination of national minorities in the education system
- Discrimination of the Sami in Sweden
- A study about discrimination on the housing market in Sweden
- Hate crimes 2010 in Sweden
- Hate crime statistics in Sweden 2009
- Hate crime statistics in Sweden 2008
- Hate crime statistics in Sweden 2007
Related Case Studies
- Report shows that nearly 5,800 hate crime cases were reported to the police in 2010
- Increasing number of immigrant children living in poor neighborhoods
- Increased evictions of families with children
- A total of 3,536 hate crime complaints were submitted to the Swedish police in 2007
Related Alerts
- Study shows that refugees experience anxiety, headache and trouble with sleeping
- Report about discrimination and racism against Somalis in Sweden
- Afrophobic staged 'slave auction’ at a University student party with a ‘jungle’ theme.
- District Court ruling indirect discrimination to forbid head scarves during exercise at a sport club
- Nationwide demonstrations against xenophobia and racism in Swedish Parliamentary elections 2010
Related Policy Responses
- The Equality Ombudsman reached a settlement - roma woman denied to rent an apartment
- Report shows that roma women constitute up to 70% of the Roma victims of discrimination
- A Year Dedicated to People of African Descent
- Roma woman and her three children receive damages of a total of 10,000 euros
- The Equality Ombudsman submitted a study about discrimination on the housing market
The RED portal is a map-based, user friendly independent tool providing a birds’ eye overview and a comparative insight of the situation regarding racism, xenophobia and discrimination against migrants and minorities, as well as positive and policy initiatives promoting equality in different EU Member States (17 countries are covered in the RED System 1st implementation - 2012). Its main components are the RED Early Warning System and the RED Atlas of Racism, Discrimination & Equality.
Strength of the RED portal is the unique set of RED indicators built for the RED System and Atlas.
A thorough set of 125 policy, legislation and factual questions/indicators and of 38 key statistic and demographic figures expands beyond the main areas combating racism, hate crime and discrimination against migrants and minorities, to the themes of equality and good practice in the RED Network member states.
The RED indicators range from qualitative to quantitative, and from legal to sociolegal and factual questions/indicators on legislation and its effective implementation in Member States.
The RED Atlas reports yearly and updates on a ‘real-time’ basis:
· Country information on racism & discrimination legislation & policy implementation in key areas of legislation and social life (once & updates)
· Country statistics of Racist-hate crime and discrimination (yearly)
· Country statistics – demographics and economics of migrants & minorities (yearly)
· Trends and developments in key anti-racist, anti-discrimination and pro-equality/diversity/integration legislation, implementation and social life areas:
· Anti-discrimination Legislation & Implementation
· Anti-racist Crime Legislation & Implementation
· Political Parties-organisations - Racist & Xenophobic Discourse
· Anti-racist Policies & Organisations
· Policing - Law Enforcement - Justice
· Health And Social Protection
· Public Life, Culture, Sport & Media
Answers to the above questions are provided for a selected country in 3 different main strands (Racism, Equality, Discrimination) and in Demographics-Economics and Statistics, while juxtaposition of information for given questions/indicators is provided for all other countries of the ERD Network. Country example: Greece
* For a given timeframe and recording developments/changes in time
